Device for delivering matchies and like articles



Jan; 11, 1927.

J. DANUBIO DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MATCHES AND LIKE ARTICLES Filed Feb. 2, 1926 FigE.

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PATENT-OFFICE JOSEPH DANUBIO, OF 'EAST WEYMOU'II-I; MASSACHUSETTS.

DEVICE FOR DELIVERING MATCHES AND LIKE-ARTICLES.

Application filed Februaryfl, 1926."Seria1 N0. 85,573.

This invention relates to imp'rov'ein'entsip devices for delivering matches and like articles and the object thereof is to provide a device of this character which can be economically constructed and which may be conveniently operated to deliver the articles one at a time.

A further object of the invention is to pro-- vide a device'of this character comprising a receptacle adapted to receive a usual c'om-' mercial box of matches in which an end'has been removed and which may be operated to deliver the matches one at a time.

Other objects and features of the inventionwill more fully appear'from the following description and the accompanying drawing and will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

A preferred embodiment" of the invention is shown-in the accompanying -drawing,"in which,

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of the device Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof; and, F g. 3 is a detail vertical sectional view' showing the device in' the actof discharging a single article and also illustrating a slightly modified construction.

The device for delivering matches or like articles illustrated in the accompanying drawing comprises a rectangular receptacle, preferably formed of sheetmetal, having a front wall 1 and rear wall 2 and sidewalls 3 and 4. The rear and sidewalls of the receptacle are extended downwardly to forma base to support the receptacle and the'sidewalls are provided with forward extensions 5 presenting horizontal upper'edge's upon which a plate 6 is supported throughwhi'ch the actuating device of the delivery mecha'-" nism pro ects and which serves to limit the downward 11101611161113015 the actuating device. The plate 6 may also be provided with an integral downwardly extendingapron 7"- forming a front wall for the baseportion' of the article A horizontal ledge 8 extends forwardly from the rear wall at the lower end of the receptacle and providesa support for the end of a commercialbox'o'f matches which may be introduced into the" receptacle after one end of the box, or a sub stantial portion thereof, has been broken The upper" end of the receptacle' preferably is provided with a hinged cover" 9. A downwardly'and forwardly' inclined' away.

chute '10 is located below the ledge 8 and grasp'the released article.

The escapement mechanism comprises two swinging gates which, together with the chute, co-operate normally to complete the closure of the lower end of the receptacle.

by the movement of the actuated gate. In

the preferred construction illustrated the actuated gate is in the form of a flat plate of sheet=metal 12 pivotally mounted to the front wall '1 of the receptacle which may '12 is preferably provided with a slightly downwardly curved edge 14 which rests upon the chute in proximity to the vertical plane of the front edge of the ledge'8. A

suitable actuating device, such as a key 15,

having a stem extending through an aper-' ture16 in'the horizontal wall 6 of the casing pendingwall preferably in the form of a gate 18 hinged to the forward edge of the horizontal wall '8 extends into proximity to the chute 10. 'The' lower edge of the down-- ward extension or gate 18 desirably nor mally lies at adistance from therear edge 14 of the gate'12 sufiicient to permit a single article to rest upon the gate 12 between the edges-of said gates.

Desirablythe'gate 1 8 is made of inetal' and presents-an upwardly {andforwardly in-" clined face '19 which lies in the arc of movement of the-rea'redge 14 of the gate'12 so that upon an upward swinging movement of the gate-12 the gate 18 will be swung backwardly and' the release of the article resting upon the chute between the lower edges of the" gates thereby-insuredThe yielding movement of the gate '18 will per-- mit the-release o-f 2*or 3' articles, such as 'One of these gates is so arranged as to be actuated by the operator while the other gate is in the form of a yieldable member which may be pushedor swungbackwa rdly and connected to an extension 17 of the gate i 12, provides means for'swinging the gate 12 upwardly; A co-operating vertically dematches, if they are stuck together; whereas a single match may be released without moving the dependent gate 18.

It will be noted that the upward swinging movement of the gate 12 raises the articles which rest upon the gate and agitates the pile of articles in the receptacle so that misplaced articles will be brought into paral lelism as they descend in the receptacle.

The chute 10 may be permanently secured to the walls of the receptacle by solder or otherwise, or may be detacnably secured therein in any suitable manner. In 3 the chute is shown as being detachably secured in the base portion of the device. In the construction illustrated the chute rests upon one or more pins or rods 20 and has a curved upper end 21 which hooks over a rod 22 or suitable lugs secured to the end walls of the base portion of the device. In order to insure proper action of the depending gate 18 a suitable, preferably adjustable, counterweight may be provided. As illus trated in Fig. 2 the rear portion of the gate is provided with a screw threaded stem 23 extending perpendicularly to the rear wall of the gate and a counterweight 24 is adjustably mounted upon the screw threaded portion thereof.

Vi here the receptacle is to be employed solely for delivery of matches from a commercial carton, the front wall may extend only a short distance upwardly from the base of the receptacle. It is usually preferable, however, that the front wall be made continuous to the top of the receptacle so that any number of loose matches, or other articles, may be deposited in the receptacle.

It will be obvious from the above disclosure that a device for delivering matches, and other articles, can be economically constructed of sheet metal, such as tin, which will be reliable in operation and free from the requirements of springs or other devices which are likely to get out of order.

Suitable means may be provided for detachably suspending the device from a wall so that it can be r adily removed and turned to a horizontal or inverted position for the purpose of introducing the carton of matches from'which the end of the carton has been partially or wholly removed.

By the use of this invention matches are safely stored in a metal receptacle from which but a single match can be removed at :1 time. supporting the device in a place inaccessible to children danger of fire from the use of matches by children is effectively prevented, and also careless dropping of matches upon the floor where they may be inadvertently ignited by the foot of a passer by or ignited by rodents will be prevented.

It will be understood that the embodiment of the invention particularly described herein is of an illustrative character and is not restrictive, and that various changes in form, construction and arrangement of parts may be made within the spirit and scope of the following claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

1. A device for delivering matches and like articles comprising a vertical magazine to hold a pile of parallel articles having a ledge extending forwardy from the lower portion of the rear wall thereof and having at its front end a downward extension, a downwardly and forwardly inclined chute located below said ledge and having at its lower end means to arrest a released article, a swinging gate having its rear edge normally resting on said chute and co-operating with said chute and said downward extension to complete the bottom of said receptacle and arranged to permit a single article to rest upon the chute between the adjacentlower edges of said gate and downward extension and means for swinging said'gate upwardly and inwardly to raise the articles resting upon said gate and to release the article resting upon the chute and permit it to pass down said chute and simultaneously to agitate the articles in the magazine.

2. A device for delivering matches and like articles comprising a vertical magazine to hold a pile of parallel articles having a ledge extending forwardly from the lower portion of the rear wall thereof, a downwardly and forwardly inclined chute located below said ledge and having at its lower end means to arrest a released article, a gate hingedat the front of the lower end of said receptacle extending downwardly and rearwardly and normally resting upon said chute in proximity to the vertical plane of said ledge and yieldable means lying in the arc of movement of the rear edge of said inclined gate operable by the upward swinging movement thereof to permit or cause the discharge of an article upon said chute 3. A device for delivering matches and like articles comprising a vertical magazine to hold a' pile of parallel articles, having a ledge extending forwardly from the lower iortion of the rear wall thereof, a downwardly and forwardly inclined chute located below said ledge and having at its lower end means to arrest a released article, a gate hinged at the front of the lower end of said receptacle extending downwardly and rearwarclly and normally resting upon said chute in proximity to the vertical plane of said ledge, a vertical depending gate having its lower edge extending in proximity to said chute at such distance from the rear edge of said inclined gate as to permit a single article to rest upon said chute therebetween and means for swinging said clownwardly inclined gate upwardly.

4. A device for delivering matches and like articles comprising a vertical magazine to hold a pile of parallel articles having a ledge extending forwardy from the lower portion of the rear wall thereof, a downwardy and forwardly inclined chute located below said ledge and having at its lower end means to arrest a released article, a gate hinged at the front of the lower end of said receptacle extending downwardly and rearwardly and normally resting upon said chute in proximity to the vertical plane of saic let ge, a vertical depending gate having its lower edge extending in proximity to said chute at such distance from the rear edge of said inclined gate as to permit a single article to rest-upon said chute therebetween and presenting an upwardly and forwardly inclined face lying in the arc of movement of the rear edge of said inclined gate and means for s *inging said downwardly inclined ate upwardly.

5. A device for delivering matches and like articles comprising a vertical magazine to hold pile of parallel articles having a ledgeextending forwardly from the lower portion of the rear wall thereof, a downwardly and forwardly inclined chute located below said ledge and having at its lower end neans to arrest a released article, a gate hinged at the front of the lower end of said receptacle extending downwardly and rearwardly and normaly resting upon said chute in proximity to the vertical plane of said ledge, a vertical depending gate having its lower edge extending in proximity to said chute at such distance from the rear edge of said inclined gate as to permit a single article to rest upon said chute therebetween, an adjustable conterweight connected to said depending gate and means for swinging said downwardly inclined gate upwardly.

6. A device for delivering matches and like articles comprising a receptacle having at its lower end a ledge to support a carton of articles from which the lower end has been partially or wholly removed, a stationary chute located below said ledge, downwardly converging relatively movable gates cooperating with said chute to complete the closure of said receptacle and means for moving said gates upwardly relatively to said chute to deliver a single article thereupon and simultaneously to agitate the articles in the receptacle.

7. A device for delivering matches and like articles comprising a vertical magazine to hold a pile of parallel matches or like articles, and having a horizontal ledge extending forwardly from the lower portion of the rear wall thereof, provided at its front edge with a downward extension, a stationary forwardly inclined chute located adjacent to the lower edge of said downward extension and a gate hinged to the front wall of said magazine, having its rear edge normally resting upon said chute in such proximity to the downward extension'of said horizontal ledge as to permit a match or like article to rest upon said chute and means for 1 swinging said gate upwardly and inwardly to raise the articles resting upon said gate and to release the article resting upon the chute and permit it to pass down said chute whereby the article resting upon the chute will be released and the articles in the magazine simultaneously agitated.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

JOSEPH DANUBIO. 

